Wavelets, well ties, and the search for subtle stratigraphic traps

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 297-313

  Ziolkowski, Anton ^a   Underhill, John R ^a   Johnston, Rodney G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; OIL WELLS; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAMS; WELL TIES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 0031695739     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444324     Document Type: Article

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